Evelyn Basehore née Adams
Evelyn Basehore Née Adams
Basehore isn’t your average lotto winner. She is a double winner! The young woman brought home $5.4 million in the New Jersey Lottery. Apparently, her luck was limited to NJ because when she moved to Atlantic City she gambled it all away. In a later interview, she even said that winning the lottery is not as glamorous as people think.
Vivian “Viv” Nicholson
Vivian ‘Viv’ Nicholson
Here we have one of the best examples of what not to do when you become a lottery winner. This British Cake-factory worker won what would be worth $5 million in the U.S today. She soon adopted the catchphrase “Spend, Spend, Spend,” and was left with absolutely nothing. She turned to contraband and spent her days working as a stripper before working in a perfume shop.
